Effects of hemoperfusion adsorption and/or plasma exchange in treatment of severe viral hepatitis: a comparative study.

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the full-spectrum endoscopy (FUSE) colonoscopy system as the first report on the utility thereof in a Korean population. METHODS:We explored the efficacy of the FUSE colonoscopy in a retrospective, single-center feasibility study performed between February 1 and July 20, 2015. A total of 262 subjects (...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Song JY,Cho YH,Kim MA,Kim JA,Lee CT,Lee MS

更新日期：2016-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:To present problems that might severely impact the conclusions drawn by the authors of an article on antioxidant treatment in chronic pancreatitis (World J Gastroenterol 2010; 16: 4066-4071). We analyzed and discussed this paper by Shah et al, and found that promising as it is, this study has some methodological short...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Stefaniak T,Vingerhoets A,Sledzinski Z

更新日期：2012-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the effects of aspirin and enoxaparin on liver function, coagulation index and histopathology in a rat model of liver fibrosis. METHODS Forty-five male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into the control group (n = 5) and model group (n = 40). Thioacetamide (TAA) was used to induce liver fibrosis ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li CJ,Yang ZH,Shi XL,Liu DL

更新日期：2017-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To establish novel intestinal myofibroblast (IMF) cell lines from mouse colonic mucosa and investigate their biological characters. METHODS:Primary IMFs were isolated from mucosal tissues of mouse colon that was denuded of epithelial cells and smooth muscle layer. For immortalization, primary IMFs were transfected...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kawasaki H,Ohama T,Hori M,Sato K

更新日期：2013-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoscopic gastrectomy has been widely accepted as a standard alternative for the treatment of early-stage gastric adenocarcinoma because of its favorable short-term outcomes. Although controversies exist, such as establishing clear indications, proper preoperative staging, and oncologic safety, experienced surgeons...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Son T,Hyung WJ

更新日期：2016-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:It has been reported that regular consumption of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like indomethacin decreases the incidence and mortality rate of a number of gastrointestinal cancers. We aimed to explore the efficacy and possible mechanisms of indomethacin on tumor growth and tumor angiogenesis of human colon c...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang HM,Zhang GY

更新日期：2005-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To summarise the literature data on hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients concerning the prevalence of glucose abnormalities and associated risk. METHODS:We conducted a PubMed search and selected all studies found with the key words "HCV" or "hepatitis C virus" and "diabetes" or "insulin resistance". We includ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Desbois AC,Cacoub P

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The pancreatic manifestations seen in patients with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease are subdivided into 2 categories: pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NET), and cystic lesions, including simple cyst and serous cystadenoma. The VHL-associated cystic lesions are generally asymptomatic and do not require any treatment, ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tamura K,Nishimori I,Ito T,Yamasaki I,Igarashi H,Shuin T

更新日期：2010-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Bile duct stones are a serious and the third most common complication of the biliary system that can occur following liver transplantation. The incidence rate of bile duct stones after liver transplantation is 1.8%-18%. The management of biliary stones is usually performed with endoscopic techniques; however, the tech...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhou CG,Wei BJ,Gao K,Dai DK,Zhai RY

更新日期：2015-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effect of Boschniakia rossica (BR), oxymatrine (OM) and interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) 1b on the therapy of rat liver fibrosis and its mechanism. METHODS:By establishing a rat model of pig serum-induced liver fibrosis, liver/weight index and serum alanine transaminase (ALT) were observed to invest...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wu CS,Piao XX,Piao DM,Jin YR,Li CH

更新日期：2005-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the application of artificial neural network (ANN) in forecasting the incidence of hepatitis A, which had an autoregression phenomenon. METHODS:The data of the incidence of hepatitis A in Liaoning Province from 1981 to 2001 were obtained from Liaoning Disease Control and Prevention Center. We used the aut...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Guan P,Huang DS,Zhou BS

更新日期：2004-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the role of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) inhibitor caffeic acid phenethy1 ester (CAPE) in the proliferation, collagen synthesis and apoptosis of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) of rats. METHODS:The HSCs from rats were isolated and cultured in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium (DMEM) and treated ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhao WX,Zhao J,Liang CL,Zhao B,Pang RQ,Pan XH

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, specificity of contrast-enhanced computed tomographic colonography in detecting local recurrence of colorectal cancer. METHODS:From January 2000 to December 2004, 434 patients after potentially curative resection for invasive colorectal cancer were followed up for ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： You YT,Chang Chien CR,Wang JY,Ng KK,Chen JS,Tang R,Chiang JM,Yeh CY,Hsieh PS

更新日期：2006-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the association of nuclear morphometry and DNA content with resectability of pancreatic cancer. METHODS:A total of 36 patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma were divided into resectable group and unresectable group. The nuclear morphometry and DNA contents of tumor cells were analyzed by IBAS autoi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： He YC,Peng W,Qiao JG,Cao J,Chen JW

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the nuclear microsatellite instability (nMSI) at BAT26 and mitochondrial microsatellite instability (mtMSI) in the occurrence and development of hepatocellular carcinoma and the relationship between nMSI and mtMSI. METHODS:nMSI was observed with PCR and mtMSI with PCR-SSCP in 52 cases of hepatocellular ca...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fang DC,Fang L,Wang RQ,Yang SM

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) allows the removal of flat or sessile lesions, laterally spreading tumors, and carcinoma of the colon or the rectum limited to the mucosa or the superficial submucosa. Acute appendicitis is the most common abdominal emergency requiring emergency surgery, and it is also a rare complic...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nemoto Y,Tokuhisa J,Shimada N,Gomi T,Maetani I

更新日期：2015-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:B-mode-ultrasound-guided percutaneous cholecystostomy (PC) may be performed by a transhepatic or transperitoneal approach, called percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PHGD) and percutaneous transperitoneal gallbladder drainage (PPGD), respectively. We compared the impact of PC related to the route...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Liu P,Liu C,Wu YT,Zhu JY,Zhao WC,Li JB,Zhang H,Yang YX

更新日期：2020-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the fluid shear stress induced changes of (Ca(2+))i in neutrophils in pancreatic microcirculation of experimental acute pancreatitis (AP). METHODS:Wistar rats (n = 36) were randomized into three groups. A model of AP was established by subcutaneous injection of caerulein. Low-shear 30 viscometer was...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhou ZG,Chen YQ,Liu XB,Hu WM,Tian BL,Chen HQ

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the correlation between ezrin expression and invasive phenotype formation in malignantly transformed esophageal epithelial cells. METHODS:The experimental cell line employed in the present study was originated form the progressive induction of a human embryonic esophageal epithelial cell line (SHEE)...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shen ZY,Xu LY,Chen MH,Li EM,Li JT,Wu XY,Zeng Y

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater is extremely rare and different from the common ampullary adenocarcinoma. The ampullary adenoma is also a rare neoplasm and has the potential to develop an adenocarcinoma. Their coexistence has been rarely reported in the literature. We herein describe an unu...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sun JH,Chao M,Zhang SZ,Zhang GQ,Li B,Wu JJ

更新日期：2008-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Microscopic colitis may be defined as a clinical syndrome, of unknown etiology, consisting of chronic watery diarrhea, with no alterations in the large bowel at the endoscopic and radiologic evaluation. Therefore, a definitive diagnosis is only possible by histological analysis. The epidemiological impact of this dise...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ianiro G,Cammarota G,Valerio L,Annicchiarico BE,Milani A,Siciliano M,Gasbarrini A

更新日期：2012-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological and clinical data point to a close association between chronic hepatitis B virus infection or chronic hepatitis C virus infection and development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HCC develops over several decades and is associated with fibrosis. This sequence suggests that persistent viral infection ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Murata M,Yoshida K,Yamaguchi T,Matsuzaki K

更新日期：2014-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A liver tumor 35 mm in diameter was found incidentally in a 40-year-old woman who had no history of liver diseases or the use of oral contraceptives. Radiological diagnostics showed the typical findings of liver cell adenoma (LCA). Dynamic computed tomography revealed that the tumor showed a homogenous enhancement in ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kogure T,Ueno Y,Sekiguchi S,Ishida K,Igarashi T,Wakui Y,Iwasaki T,Shimosegawa T

更新日期：2009-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze 67 cases of splenic abscess in a medical center of Taiwan during a period of 19 years. METHODS:From January 1986 to December 2004, a total of 67 patients with splenic abscess were enrolled for the retrospective study. The clinical characteristics, underlying diseases, organism spectra, therapeutic metho...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chang KC,Chuah SK,Changchien CS,Tsai TL,Lu SN,Chiu YC,Chen YS,Wang CC,Lin JW,Lee CM,Hu TH

更新日期：2006-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of alterations have been found within the gut microbial profile of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases when compared with the healthy population; however, it is unclear whether such dysbiosis is the cause or simply the consequence of the disease state. In ulcerative colitis, the environment seems to pla...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sorrentino D

更新日期：2017-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the long-term outcome of standard 5-FU based adjuvant or neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy and to identify the predictive factors, especially anemia before and after radiotherapy as well as hemoglobin increase or decrease during radiotherapy. METHODS:Two hundred and eighty-six patients with Union Internati...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Weissenberger C,Geissler M,Otto F,Barke A,Henne K,von Plehn G,Rein A,Muller C,Bartelt S,Henke M

更新日期：2006-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver cirrhosis is a paradigm of intestinal dysbiosis. The qualitative and quantitative derangement of intestinal microbial community reported in cirrhotic patients seems to be strictly related with the impairment of liver function. A kind of gut microbial "fingerprint", characterized by the reduced ratio of "good" to...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ponziani FR,Gerardi V,Pecere S,D'Aversa F,Lopetuso L,Zocco MA,Pompili M,Gasbarrini A

更新日期：2015-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:High-risk human papillomavirus has been suggested as a risk factor for esophageal adenocarcinoma. Tumor human papillomavirus status has been reported to confer a favorable prognosis in esophageal adenocarcinoma. The size of the primary tumor and degree of lymphatic spread determines the prognosis of esophageal carcino...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sharma P,Gautam SD,Rajendra S

更新日期：2020-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Public awareness of colorectal cancer (CRC) and uptake of CRC screening remain challenges. The viewpoints of the target population (asymptomatic individuals older than 50) regarding CRC screening information sources and the reasons for and against participation in CRC screening are not well known in the Czec...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kroupa R,Ondrackova M,Kovalcikova P,Dastych M,Pavlik T,Kunovsky L,Dolina J

更新日期：2019-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To enrich putative hepatic progenitors from the developing human fetal liver using CD34 as a marker. METHODS:Aborted fetuses of 13-20 wk were used for the isolation of liver cells. The cells were labeled with anti CD34; a marker used for isolating progenitor population and the cells were sorted using magnetic cell...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nyamath P,Alvi A,Habeeb A,Khosla S,Khan AA,Habibullah CM

更新日期：2007-04-28 00:00:00